Vol. 1The Golden Dragon King Hunt

Bai Yuan grew stronger, opposed Tang San’s plans, and protected Tang Wulin while Gu Yuena pursued the Golden Dragon King’s power. The volume left Bai Yuan in Skysea City, preparing to spar with A Ruheng over leadership of their competition team.

  • Bai Yuan awakened the Worldbearing Coreflame and Dawnmaker, became Leng Yaozhu’s disciple, and survived Han Tianyi’s trial while beginning to train with Gu Yuena.
  • Bai Yuan met Gu Yuena and resolved to oppose Tang San and the Abyss Plane, while Gu Yuena secretly planned to use him as a stepping stone toward controlling the Spirit Pagoda.
  • Bai Yuan bonded with Xiao Bai and struggled to control Black Calamity’s power, while resolving not to let it make him kill innocents.
  • Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena investigated Soul Beasts and reached an icy plain, where a three-thousand-year Snow Soul Demon Bear emerged.
  • Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena advanced through the Spirit Pagoda and defeated Eastsea Academy students, while Gu Yuena secretly arranged to take Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King power.
  • Di Tian defeated Wu Changkong and Zi Ji carried Tang Wulin away, while Bai Yuan helped Wu Changkong and pursued Gu Yuena’s group.
  • Bai Yuan protected Tang Wulin from Tang San, destroyed Tang San’s remaining Divine Sense, and absorbed its energy and memories.
  • Bai Yuan traveled to Skysea City with Gu Yuena and Leng Yaozhu, then accepted A Ruheng’s challenge to decide who would lead their team.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Coreflame Awakens

Bai Yuan awakened Twin Martial Souls, joined Leng Yaozhu as her disciple, and grew stronger through Soul Spirit fusion and Han Tianyi’s trials. He met Gu Yuena and began training with her, while resolving to oppose Tang San’s plans and the Abyss Plane.

  • Bai Yuan awakened the Worldbearing Coreflame and Dawnmaker, displaying Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and Leng Yaozhu accepted him as her disciple.
  • Bai Yuan chose the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff as his Soul Spirit, subdued it with the Worldbearing Coreflame, and fused it with Dawnmaker to gain a thousand-year Soul Ring and reach level fifteen.
  • Bai Yuan tested Stride to Deliverance and discovered extraordinary combat ability, while Leng Yaozhu arranged his training at Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
  • Bai Yuan’s attempt to probe the Worldbearing Coreflame unleashed destructive force in his sea of consciousness, but a blurry figure absorbed it and left him unharmed.
  • Han Tianyi examined the Coreflame, saw a giant carrying a radiant sphere, and invited Bai Yuan to attend his classes after recognizing his unusual potential.
  • Bai Yuan survived Han Tianyi’s Asura battlefield trial, gained strength with each kill, and defeated Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Mighty Lion Douluo using Thus Burns the Dawn.
  • Bai Yuan met Gu Yuena, whose elemental probe was erased by the Coreflame, and vowed to thwart Tang San, the Abyss Plane, and the gods.
  • Leng Yaozhu began combat training for Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, while Gu Yuena secretly planned to defeat him and use him as her first stepping stone toward controlling the Spirit Pagoda.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Black Calamity Awakens

Bai Yuan grows stronger through his bond with Xiao Bai and his struggle to wield Black Calamity’s power, while training with Gu Yuena and confronting corruption beyond the Spirit Pagoda. The arc leaves Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena facing a three-thousand-year Snow Soul Demon Bear in an icy plain.

  • Bai Yuan defeated Gu Yuena in a spar, then discovered a mark forming inside the Worldbearing Coreflame after a vision of Aedes Elysiae’s destruction.
  • Bai Yuan recognized the Core Flame as Xiao Bai and gained memories of swordsmanship, while black energy connected to Black Calamity began stirring within him.
  • Bai Yuan used Black Calamity’s power to break through Gu Yuena’s defenses, but the two forces in his Core Flame resisted each other.
  • Leng Yaozhu took Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena to the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Gu Yuena earned a Thousand Year Soul Ring after Bai Yuan helped defeat a Man-Faced Demon Spider.
  • Bai Yuan manifested a black robe, mask, and gloves, then killed Shrek Outer Disciples who had extorted and beaten an old shopkeeper.
  • Xiao Bai calmed Bai Yuan when the Core Flame summoned the Chrysos Heirs, and Bai Yuan resolved not to let Black Calamity lead him to kill innocents.
  • Xiao Bai showed Bai Yuan a second cycle in which the Core Flame bearers died fighting the Black Tide, and Bai Yuan comforted Xiao Bai as the Core Flame revealed twelve patterns.
  • Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena continued training and investigating Soul Beasts, then reached an icy plain where a three-thousand-year Snow Soul Demon Bear emerged from a cave.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Golden Dragon King Hunt

Bai Yuan advanced through the Spirit Pagoda and clashed with Eastsea Academy students in the Spirit Ascension Platform, while Gu Yuena secretly organized an attempt to seize Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King power. The arc ended with Wu Changkong defeated, Tang Wulin abducted, and Bai Yuan pursuing Gu Yuena’s group.

  • Bai Yuan killed the Snow Soul Demon Bear, absorbed its spiritual energy, and gained two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings as he and Gu Yuena advanced under Leng Yaozhu’s guidance.
  • Bai Yuan recognized Tang Wulin in Eastsea City, while Gu Yuena followed the Golden Dragon King’s aura and secretly sought to take his bloodline power.
  • Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena entered the Spirit Ascension Platform during its Riot Period and overwhelmed Mu Xi’s group and the Eastsea Academy students who attacked them.
  • Tang Wulin awakened his Golden Dragon Claw and attacked Bai Yuan, but Bai Yuan defeated him with his sword and later accepted Tang Wulin’s apology and left him an invitation to pursue strength at the Spirit Pagoda.
  • Gu Yuena met Zi Ji and the Ferocious Beasts in secret, then ordered them to prepare to take Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King power.
  • Bai Yuan tracked Gu Yuena to Tang Wulin’s dormitory, where her group immobilized Tang Wulin and Wu Changkong confronted them to protect his student.
  • Di Tian defeated Wu Changkong and knocked Tang Wulin unconscious, Zi Ji carried Tang Wulin away, and Bai Yuan helped Wu Changkong before following Gu Yuena’s group.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Road to Skysea

Bai Yuan thwarted Tang San’s attempt to extract Tang Wulin’s power, then strengthened his ties with Gu Yuena and the Spirit Pagoda while preparing for the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition. In Skysea City, Leng Yaozhu allied with the Body Sect, and Bai Yuan accepted A Ruheng’s challenge to determine who would lead their team.

  • Tang San fought Gu Yuena and the Ferocious Beasts as Bai Yuan intervened to protect Tang Wulin, drove the beasts away, and destroyed Tang San’s remaining Divine Sense.
  • Bai Yuan absorbed the energy and memories of Tang San’s Divine Sense, while Tang San realized his three strands had vanished and continued relying on Tang Wulin’s path to Shrek.
  • Tang Wulin awoke at Eastsea Academy, learned Old Tang was gone, and vowed to grow strong enough to protect those he cared about.
  • Bai Yuan experienced Xiao Bai’s 134th reincarnation, gained the Cat Ear Coin and Godspeed, and decided to strengthen his cultivation while keeping Tang Wulin safe.
  • Bai Yuan trained with Gu Yuena, defeated her in their spar, and accepted core disciple status alongside her as Leng Yaozhu prepared them for the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition.
  • Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er arranged for Shrek to challenge the Spirit Pagoda at the competition, and Leng Yaozhu chose Bai Yuan and Gu Yue to compete.
  • Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena traveled with Leng Yaozhu to Skysea City, where she formed an alliance with Mu Ye and the Body Sect against Shrek.
  • A Ruheng tested Bai Yuan’s strength with a handshake, then challenged him to a spar to decide who would lead their competition team, and Bai Yuan accepted.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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